Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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Paul Shin Devine pleads to 23 counts

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The former Apple manager caught taking kickbacks — some of which was stored in the form of cash in shoeboxes in his home — from suppliers of iPod and iPhone accessories in Korea, China, Taiwan and Singapore has changed his plea to guilty. As part of a deal with prosecutors, he will forfeit [...] Related [...]

Major changes to XCOM and Resistance 3 combat walkthrough

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There has been some major changes over at 2K Australia. The studio is currently developing the PC and Xbox 360 game, XCOM. In addition, [...] Related posts: Insomniac’s next game to be revealed very soon Resistance 3: details on all new co-op, story and more Resistance 3 screenshots leaked – looks fantastic

Sony and LG at it again: ordered to seize thousands of PS3s

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Sony and LG have been locked in suits over alleged patent infringements. The civil court of justice in [...] Related posts: Sony, Nintendo sued for patent infringement Sony, Microsoft argue whether GTA IV has sold more PS3s or Xbox 360s Sony TVs are for PS3s not Xbox 360s

Flashback creator working on PS3 exclusive: Amy

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Paul Cuisset, the creative mind behind cult classics such as Flashback, Operation Wolf and Moto Racer is back working on a new game. Cuisset's latest title, Amy is [...] Related posts: New Bungie game Marathon a remake of the former Apple exclusive? Epic Games working on new IP – to be revealed soon Week in [...]

Microsoft on to a winner with Kinect

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Microsoft has something concrete to celebrate, which is the success of Kinect. But as well-received as its motion-control technology has been to this point, the future looks even brighter. Microsoft doesn’t have too many big victories to celebrate these days. Windows 7 is a hit, sure, but that’s an operating system based on a framework [...]

Man spends $200k on fake girlfriend

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Looking for love on the Internet can be a rewarding experience which ends up with you finding the person of your dreams. Or it can end with you finding out the person of your dreams is entirely fictional and [...] Related posts: Shock news: Fake Steve Jobs is Bill Gates’ love child AOL spends $315M [...]

The definition of charisma

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If your delivery is less than your words, people will call you arrogant, cocky, egotistical, etc. and, if you’re way off the mark, even delusional. Interestingly, Steve Jobs has created and successfully — often wildly so — marketed numerous world changing products and many say the people who buy them are delusional. Back [...] Related [...]

Mobile Safari is fast. Android, Blackberry not so much

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Increasingly, mobile computing is where it’s at as people take their work on the road, as well as the couch. If you’re gonna get anything done while out and about, then getting around the interwebs at maximum speed is key and Apple’s WebKit-based browser is best of the best. Gomez — yes, [...] Related Posts: [...]

Gmail accounts wiped clean — but likely not for good

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At least 150,000 people have temporarily lost access to their archived Gmail accounts. Google is promising to restore the accounts, but can’t confirm a timescale for doing so. The issue began yesterday afternoon US time. While Google’s first status update [...] Related posts: Some users without Gmail for more than a day Gmail latest: Chinese [...]

Facebook simplifies its privacy policy

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It turns out Facebook does listen, occasionally. It’s currently in the process of simplifying its privacy policy, delivering it in a much more accessible style. Facebook has long been criticized for its privacy policy, both the content and the way it [...] Related posts: Facebook privacy policy sparks EPIC row Google’s privacy policy bashed by [...]